Plant-protector.



No. 756,123,; PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904. M. I B. LEWIS.

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Patented March 29, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

MAROELLUS B. LEWIS, OF ENTERPRISE, MISSISSIPPI.

PLANT-'PROTETOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,123, datedMarch 29,1904.

Application filed February 19, 1903. Serial No. 144,106. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAROELLUS B. Lnwrs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Enterprise, in the county of Clarke and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPlant-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact-description of the invention,

' such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in plant-protectors.

The object of the invention is to protect the plant from the suns raysand climatical changes.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a device wherebythe amount of light and air admitted to the plant can be controlled.

The invention consists in providing a suitable hood and spring actuatedanchoring means therefor.

The invention further consists in theconstruction of a hood formed froma piece of suitable material and spring-actuated means for retaining thesaid hood in its normal folded condition and also retaining the sameover a plant without the use of auxiliary fastening means, the one meansserving both to hold the meeting ends of the hood together and tosupportand retain the hood in position.

' The invention further consists in the combination of parts and detailsof construction, as is fully described hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2is a vertical cross-section of the same, the support being Fig. 3 is aplan,

shown in the side elevation.

view of a sheet of material. Fig. 4is afragmentary view of the hood,showing a modified form of anchor for positively locking the said hoodthereon.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout allthe figures of the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 represents a blank sheet, of any suitable material,which when folded will form the conical hood. Apertures 2 and 4 areformed upon the blank sheet 1, through which is passed the supportingmember 3 when signed to register when the sheet is in a foldedcondition, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings. When the saidsheet is folded and the anchor-support 3 is passed through the apertures2 and 4, the said conical hood is retained in a locked position upon thesaid anchor 3.

When it is desired to apply the anchoringsupport 3 to the hood, theblank, as shown in Fig. 3, is folded in the shape of a cone, as

shown in Fig. 1, and the endsof the V-shaped.

support are passed through the apertures 2 and 4, which holds theoverlapping ends of the hood in a folded condition and prevents theirseparation and at the same time forms a support for the hood and a meansfor retaining the device in the ground. In order to apply the support tothe hood, the ends must be compressed with the fingers in order to passthem through the apertures 2 and .4, and as soon as the pressure isreleased the ends will spring out to the position shown in Figs. 1 and2, whereby the hood will be held in a fixed position on the supportwithout auxiliary fastening means and at the same time will admit of thehood being slid up and down on the support when it is desired to raisethe hood above the ground or lower it toward the ground. It will be alsoobserved that when it is desired to remove the hood from out of theground, but still permitting them to remain a sufficient distance in theground to form a support for the device.

In Fig. 4 I show a modification of the anchor 3, the said modificationpresenting a bent portion 5 for positively locking the hood 1 upon thesaid supporting-anchor. It will be seen upon examining the accompanyingdrawings that owing to the construction of the V- shaped anchor the sameforms aspring-retaining means for the hood; but the modification asshown in Fig. 4 insures the positive locking of the said hood when thesame is placed upon the supporting-anchor.

In the employment of my invention if it is not desired to cover theplant entirely the anchor can be slightly withdrawn from the earth andthe circulation of air or light will be permitted under the said hood.If it is desired, the material employed in forming the hood may be ofsuch transparency as to permitjthe rays of light striking against thesame to penetrate and furnish the plant with sufi icient light withoutremoving the base of the cone from contact with the ground, or,likewise, if it is.

desired, the material employed in the .construction of the hood can beof such nature as to entirely obstruct the rays of the sun from theplantwhen the hood is in position. The material of the hood is alsopreferably coated with a suitable material, as wax or oil, to ren'- derthe same waterproof and more durable.

Owing to the construction of the device a large number can be packed ina small space, and the simplicity of the invention will enable theoperator to place the same in position over the plants without specialinstructions.

The primary advantage of my invention lies in the fact that when thehood is placed upon the V-shaped supporting-anchor the said hood will beretained in a fixed position upon the same without auxiliary fasteningmeans.

- Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a plant-protector, comprisinga substantially cone shaped hood, and a substantially V- shaped,spring-actuated anchoring-support, passed through the meeting ends ofthe hood for holding the same together, said supporting means beingextended along both sides of the hood and below the lower edge thereof.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a plant-protector, comprisinga substantially cone-shaped hood constructed from a semicircular pieceof material having apertures formed in its meeting edges, and asubstantially V-shaped, spring-actuated support extended along the sidesof the hood and passed through the apertures for retaining thesemicircular piece of material in a conical shape, and also forsupporting the hood, substantially as described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a plant-protector comprising ahood constructed from a semicircular piece of material and bent into theshape of a cone, a substantially V-shaped spring-actuatedanchoring-support passed through the said hood, said support beingextended below the hood and provided.

with a bent portion for positively locking the hood on the same abovethe top of the ground so as to leave a space between the lower edge ofthe hood and the ground, substantially as described.

4. A plant-protector comprising a sheet of material folded in the shapeof a cone, apertures formed upon said sheet adapted to coact with oneanother, and a supporting-anchor passing through said apertures, saidanchor having a bent portion for engaging one set of the apertures ofthe hood and retaining said hood in a positive position upon saidanchor, substantially as described.

5. Aplant-protector comprisinga hood having a series of apertures formedthereon, a spring-supporting anchor conforming to the shape of said hoodand passing through said apertures, and a bent portion formed upon saidanchor for positively retaining the hood in a fixed position thereon,substantially as described.

6. A device of the character described comprising an apertured conicalhood, said apertures formed oppositely upon the said hood when the sameis in a folded position, a spring V-shaped supporting-anchor passingthrough said apertures, and a bent portion formed upon said support andadapted to engage one set of the apertures for retaining the said hoodin a locked position upon the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MAROELLUS B. LEWIS.

Witnessesz.

C. C. HAND, J. E. WILLIAMS.

